Marc Spitzer Explained

Marc Spitzer
State Senate1:Arizona
District1:18th
Term Start1:January 1993
Term End1:January 2001
Predecessor1:Nancy L. Hill
Successor1:Susan Gerard
Office:Commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
President:George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Term:July 21, 2006 – December 14, 2011
Birth Date:12 September 1957
Birth Place:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Party:Republican
Children:1
Profession:Politician, Lawyer
Education:University of Michigan Law School (JD)
Dickinson College (BA)

Marc Spitzer (born September 12, 1957) is a former member of the Arizona State Senate. He served in the Senate from January 1993 through January 2001, representing district 18.[1] [2] [3] [4] The amendment to the Arizona Constitution which limited politicians to serving four consecutive terms in either house was passed in 1992, preventing Spitzer from running again in November 2000.[5] In 2000, Spitzer was elected to the Arizona Corporation Commission, where he served from January 2001 to July 2006.

Nominated by President G.W. Bush in June 2006 and confirmed by unanimous vote of the US Senate on July 14, 2006, Spitzer also served as Commissioner for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from July 21, 2006 – December 14, 2011.[6] Currently, Spitzer is an attorney at Steptoe & Johnson LLP in Washington, DC. He resides in McLean, VA.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Session laws, State of Arizona, 1993 Volume 1, Forty-First Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 184 . State of Arizona . November 19, 2018.
  2. Web site: Session laws, State of Arizona, 1995 Volume 1, Forty-Second Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 178 . State of Arizona . December 2, 2018.
  3. Web site: Session laws, State of Arizona, 1997 Volume 1, Forty-Third Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 146 . State of Arizona . December 4, 2018.
  4. Web site: Session laws, State of Arizona, 1999 Volume 1, Forty-Fourth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 223 . State of Arizona . December 12, 2018.
  5. Web site: Arizona Term Limits, Proposition 107 (1992) . Ballotpedia . May 13, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190507065058/https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_Term_Limits,_Proposition_107_(1992) . live . May 7, 2019.
  6. Web site: Current and Previous Chairmen | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.